Washing device



July 19,1927. v1,636,022

H. VAN zANDT ET AL WASHING'DEVICE Filed Aug. 6, 1924 i la Patented `uly 19, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT VAN ZANDT, OF HINSDALE, AND BRADFORD EYMAN, OF WINNETKA,

' ILLINOIS.

WASHING DEVICE.

Application med August This invention relates to washing machines or devices, aud more particularly to those adapted for washing dishes, or for similar purposes.

kGenerally stated, the object of the invention is to provide noveland improved construction whereby the supply of water to a fountain brush of this kind for washing dish-es, or for similar purposes, can be controlled at will, for different purposes, thereby to facilitate the use of .the devicefor f either washing or rinsing the dishes or other thingsto be washed.

A special object is to provide a novel and improved for-in of valve in the head of the l device, whereby the water can be discharged from 4either side of the head, as may be desired.

Another ob]ect is to provide novel and improved means forfhol'ding the cage or box in which soap is contained for Soaping the water. y

lAnother object is to provide novel and Vimproved means for detacliably holding a sponge or `other washing means in position to receive water from the head of the device.

It is also an object to provide certain de-l tails and features of construction and coinbinations tending to increase the general etliciency andthe desirability of a Washing device of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accon'ipanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a washing device embodying the principles of the invention, showing the same adapted more particularly for washing dishes.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of said device, with a portion of the handle shown broken away for convenience of illustration.

' Figure 3 is a plan of the head of the device, on the same scale as Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail section on line 1--4 in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail section on line 5 5 in Figure 2.

As thus illustrated, the invention coinprises a metal head 1 which is substantially flat and which is provided on one flat side .thereof with apertures 2, and which is proe, 1924. 'serial No. 730,394.

this tube is rigid with a hollow handle 7k to which a .hose pipe 8 is connected to supply water. The tube 5 has a transverse slot 9 at one side thereof for the handle 10 which is rigid with the tubular valve 11, the latter having its discharge end partially closed at 12, vwhereby a discharge opening 13 is formed of one half the diameter of ,the interior of the valve, which diameter is the same as that of the tube' 14 in the handle, the same as that of the stem of neck 14 .previously mentioned. The vhead 1 is provided with a partition 15 situated .substantially midway between the two sides of the head', so that one `chamber 16 is provided through. which water ymay pass and be disel'iarged through the openings 2,:and another chamber 17 :throughwhich the water may pass and be discharged Vthrough theopenings 3 previously mentioned. -By swinging the handle 1'0 in the slot 9. the discharge opening 13 of the valve can ybe brought opposite veither the. chamber '16 or' the chamber v17 thereby to discharge the-water from` either side ofthe head. l The soap .cage or box 18 is of wire gauze,

preferably, `and has a vremovablecover 19 to permit insertion of the soap. The means foi' holding the cage or box in position on the head of the washing device may be of any `suitable character. Preferably, as a matter of further and special improvement, spring strips 19 are provided and rigidly connected together by aring 20, these spring strips being bent to provide inclined shoulders 21 and 22 to hold the soap cage or box in place. The lower ends of these strips 19 have portions 23 to engage and hold the head 1, the latter having notches 24 to receive these portions of the spring strips. The upper portions of the strips 19 are bent outwardly as shown, and are provided with screw fastening devices 25 to grip portions of the sponge 26, or any other washing means, so that the washing means can be attached at will. Thus the soap box or cage 18 can be removed from the strips l9.fby forcing either thel upper or lower ends of the strips outward, and these strips can be swung outward at their lower ends to disengage them from the head 1 of the Washing device. y

The device can be used, by turning the valve, to discharge water from the chamber 17 through the apertures 3 and through the soap box or cage to the sponge, thus producing soapy water for use in Washing the dishes or other things. Thereafter to rinse the dishes or other things, the valve can be reversed to cause the water to discharge from the chamber 16 through the apertures 2, in the form of a spray. rlChe sponge 26 or other Washing means can be renewed Whenever necessary. The device can be easily Washed and kept clean. In addition, the construction is intended to minimize the danger of breakage, and to insure operation and use oi the device in a satisfactory manner.

The removable `cover 19 of the soap box or cage is held in place by the inclined shoulders 21, it will be seen, so that the box and its cover are held together by the devices for mounting the box on the head or nozzle. The axis of the valve 11, it will be seen, extends longitudinally of the handle 7,

and the valve is oscillatory about this axis,V

at a point between the handle and the head or nozzle, to control the supply of water in the manner shown and described.

"What we claim as our invention is 1. In a fountain washer, a handle having a water connection thereto, a head forming a rigid discharge nozzle on the end of said handle, washing means, an attaching device for supporting said Washing means in position on said head, in open spaced relation from one side thereof, so that vvater disthe object to which the Washing means is applied, said attaching device comprising members supported on said head, means on the ends of said members for detachably gripping said Washing means, and a soap box in the form of a wire cage removably held in place by said members, in open spaced relamembers comprising flexible spring arms detachably engaging said head disengageable therefrom by flexing the arms out ot" engagement therein.

3. A structure as speciiied in claim 1, the middle portions of said members being rigidly connected together by a ring, so that the end portions ot said members arc free to flex or bend outwardly, the end portions oi' said members detachably engaging said head, and th-e other ends of said members being provided with means detachably gripping said washing means.

4l. In a washer, the combination of a handle, having a water supply connection, a discharge head on said handle, washing means disposed at one side oi said head, means for soaping the water, 'for said washing means, comprising a box for holding soap, with openingsin the walls of said box,

means supporting said washing means in position to receive the discharge from one side of the head, said supporting means comprising spring devices carried by the head and detachably holding said box in spaced relation from one side of said head, in position to receive the discharge from said head.

5. A structure as specified in claim 4, said box having a removable cover engaging said devices to hold said cover and boxtogether. charged from said headl will be supplied to l Specification signed this 2nd day of August, 1924. Y

HUBERT VAN zAND'r. BRADFORD EYMAN. 

